How to Survive a Warped Tour Concert
The Warped Tour is a series of highly popular live music that appear in major cities around the country. At this time there have not been any confirmed deaths where the Warped Tour was found responsible, but numbers can be misleading. You may be drawn to the Warped Tour because of the popularity of some of the artists that appear. If you absolutely must attend, please take these precautions to ensure that you survive the Warped Tour.
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Attend at a low crime city and venue. Go to the show in Vancouver or Salt Lake instead of the one in Detroit.
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Stay away from acts followed by violent fans. The bands on the tour change every year, but it is much safer to visit the tents or stages where a college band or an independent act than one where a speed metal or thrash band is playing. Violent and unruly fans greatly reduce your chances of being able to survive the Warped Tour.
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Flee from mosh pits. This is where violence reigns. There is no way you can survive the Warped Tour if you get stuck in one of these cauldrons of horror.
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Stay adequately hydrated. There is going to be plenty of places to purchase water or other drinks and they are overpriced, but you must make sure you keep fluid in your body. These concerts can run a long time and if you get dehydrated you are in danger of not being able to survive the Warped Tour.
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Suspect everyone is a threat. When the entire crowd is decked out with nose rings, tattoos and shredded clothes it is difficult to know who is dangerous and who is not. In order to survive the Warped Tour assume everyone is out to get you.
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harryhaller
Aug 17, 2009
I attended Warped '09 at the Gorge in WA. I went in not knowing any bands or anything about the tour. I camped at the infamous main camp grounds and made the mistake of candy flipping before I got a feel for the environment. I was horrified by what I saw at the campgrounds alone: multiple people were seriously hurt in fights, things were set on fire in borderline riots, and people's tents and cars were broken into. I could not comprehend what could be fun about being mean and angry towards other people and trying to inflict pain on others. To each his own, but this was definitely up there on my list of bad experiences. I ended up leaving a day early, only 4 bands into the show. I was ready to just start walking into the desert out there, but fortunately I found someone to pick me up. Be extremely careful when going to Warped!
